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I did mention the nitpicky veterans It's not like there is a progressive story between the Civ games. Starting with Civ5 is a solid way to go, it is a great game and from here on out, expansions, patches, and the multiplayer community will all be focused on it.

Red - Very entertaining. John Malkovich really stole the show.

I'm sure I will, I'm pretty anal about the whole learning process. I've already got a group lesson scheduled, so I'm guessing that will help too. Plus I plan on hitting up my co-worker the music teacher once I get over the first steps for some help. It's going great so far. I am able to play the first practice track somewhat successfully on the instructional DVD, I've got calluses forming, and I've got 5 chords down. Yay for progress.

Seriously? I dunno it just feels different, even at it's darkest Ferelden is about as dark as a Ren Fair in Wisconsin. I nominate this as the awesome comment of the day.

ha, took it right out of my mouth seriously though, X-Com (or UFO, w/e) has got to be the best TB-game and one of the best games of all time, JA2 is small time compared to this mammoth) Not to take anything away from Xcom, but I'd put JA2 above it in regards to the actual TB combat. Of course, it came out much later and was refined after JA1 and Deadly Games, but it is still the king of TB squad tactical combat. Xcom trumps JA2 by having an awesome strategic layer though, with research, base building, and all those other brilliant layers. Speaking of JA2, unlike Gorth I have a small flicker of hope deep inside that Bitcomposer will turn out a decent remake of JA2. edit: Dang, just read that plan and go thread. My flicker just dimmed considerably.

Did you watch it on Blu-Ray? I thought it was better on my Blu-Ray player than it was on the big screen. edit: Just noticed the HBO comment. Yeah, I'd imagine it would lose a lot of awe factor that way, even if it was an HD feed.

What a friendly fellow. I consider quite a few posters here personal friends, just as I would with the people I see at work or on a sports team. I spend real time here having discussions with real people, so I find it very illogical that I wouldn't form an attachment. Why waste your time here then?

Wow. People are going to start calling you a softy Boo. I'm glad you liked it

Way to make snap judgments Harlie. You clearly don't know much about Wals, and since most folks here are very familiar with him, you have come across looking silly. That is why going on the defensive so quickly is bad, it would have been less embarrassing if you had just asked Wals to clarify his comment. But don't let the fact that everyone here says you are reading too much into his comment, go ahead and get on that soapbox.

I should try switching out Boone then. It also isn't letting me say a password, I go in the bunker and they kind of arrest me. I'm not really upset about it, there is sooooo much stuff to do besides that, and everything else has been perfect.

That makes sense. I was pretty surprised that it was coming up so soon. I'd like them to do a solid year in the different stages of beta, and they haven't even started that apparently.

I thought Perry was solid. It wasn't a great fit for him, Benny should have been a bit smoother in my opinion, like that guy from Burn Notice or a wiseguy. Still, he didn't blow the part, he was decent for my money. Heck, after playing Two Worlds, I will take mathew perry any day of the week.

DId you try fast traveling around the world a bit and then coming back? IN FO3 that always seemed to work to clear up my location specific crashes. Yeah, I've tried coming back three times. I guess I can just avoid them, it is only a side quest. I might have borked it by doing something else in the quest chain first.

I had my first crash, and it is consistent. Every time I enter the Brotherhood base, I crash.

It sounded a lot more like 24-hour festival coverage hatred than religious hatred. Don't be so defensive.

Given that it isn't in closed beta yet (internal testing only, from what I heard), I'd call bull.

Yosemite is pretty much as majestic as it gets.

The Nile? What about man-made places like Machu Pichu and the Great Pyramids?

I find it hard to imagine any president not going into Afghanistan. There was a very pressing need for a response to 9/11, and the Taliban made it very clear that they were not going to work with the US on going after Al Queda.

Start with 5. They are both fantastic, but you might as well go with the latest and greatest. I know some folks nitpick the differences, but you will never notice them and Civ5 is simply an excellent game.

Apparently they make online browser games that look a bit like those popular Facebook games like Farmville and Mafia. Seems like he might have a bit of a reason to be biased here. I do see the subscription model changing in the near future, but I think it will always be a part of most AAA MMO's. For example, LotRO still has a very good amount of monthly subscribers, despite implementing a free to play and micro-transaction model.

Actually I'm not sure if Al Gore would have gone to Iraq. Afghanistan, for sure, but it is hard to say if another administration would have gone to Iraq. I'm not saying it is completely unlikely, but I can see more time being take before the commitment. Bush had a fairly aggressive foreign policy that I know Gore would not have had. John Kerry ran for president in 2004, so I don't know what he would have done, but the war was already in progress.

I have no idea what a tab is, so I guess not I'm really a total noob, I don't know how to read music, I don't know any of the terminology. Thankfully we have the internet and basically a wealth of stuff I can learn from. I think my tuner is a piece of junk. My droid phone seems to work better at picking up the sound, so I'm using an app, and a website that plays the sound to help me do it by ear. Also, GuitarSolo for the Droid is fantastic, it shows me how to do all the chords, so when I'm watching a video and I miss something, I just check it on my phone.

Don't worry. The first few chords are gonna be a little difficult but then it gets easier. Then harder again. Then easier. Then harder. Remember, fret each note with the tips of your fingers (not with the pads, or you'll accidentally mute other strings by touching them). Also, speed IS important. Don't feel like you've "mastered" a chord until you can transition to it without pause in between. Best way to practice this is to take your hand off the guitar, then fret the chord, take your hand off the guitar, fret the chord, repeat! Good luck! So far my biggest issue is buzzing when I fret a chord. So I need to work on my finger placement a bit. I wish there was more time in the day, I'm getting about an hour of practice and I'd like more.

ME2's inventory was excellent, a huge step away from the tedious inventory systems of the past. Although I get why packrats will be peeved.